the most important thing that the USA could do economically is to wean the USA off foreign oil. 750 billion goes overseas every year to pay for foreign oil. this is unsustainable. but it could be stopped entirely with the right set of policies in 5-10 years. and likely dependence on foreign oil could be shut down entirely in 5 years with some serious US government interventions. – Charles

Just to cast a formal public vote, agree completely with the objective, the timetable, and the ballpark numbers. If, however, the selected plan is “none of the above“, rather than any of half a dozen different approaches that would work roughly the same, then the game reduces to nothing more than a con – not politics or policy, neither brand nor ideology; distracted by the academics of Iraq vs. Afghanistan, terrorist vs. tribalist.

Just a simple scam.

Don’t kid yourselves. This one isn’t that complicated.

There might be over 300 tribes in the region but the sovereign funds are deposited in two to four accounts.